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LibreOffice provides you with many basic functionalities like word and excel which are a part of Microsoft Office. It is Open Source and free to use, Since its fork from Open Office, LibreOffice is improving day by day. New features are being added daily. You can edit Docx, Xlsx, csv all using Libre Office. It work on ODF format, which is optimal supported by almost all open source similer tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its UI and feature are still very basic. Its UI can be much more interactive than it is right now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

LibreOffice, it's a offimatical tool that do fulfills its mission but it's not the same that Microsoft Office. There are the same applications, text editor, slides and spread sheets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

LibreOffice it's an usable suite for almost everything, but for example the formulas and options in Excel are much better, or the formats in Word are more efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Firts of all it is free, that means that you don't have to pay for use it, and also, this software cointains a complete suite to help you with your office and other tasks like writting a text document, power point presentation, spreadsheets and others, specifically speaking of libreoffice calc, when you have a lot of data Libreoffice calc opens faster using ods extension than xls one and it allows you to safe more quantity of data too than xls. In general terms LibreOffice does many of the things that an office suite should do and you don't have to pay for that.

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some of the functionalities compared with other office suit, for example page numbering is a a little more complex to set in Libreoffice writer than others office suit, and also the generation of graphics on Libreoffice calc. Other thing that I dislike is that Libreoffice does not support all types of font formats than other office suit does. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Powerful office suite with MS Office compatibility. Ability to export files in MS Office format (e.g., .docx, .pptx and so on). LibreOffice Draw is especially good. It takes some getting used to after working with PowerPoint and Visio, but once you learn its commands it really is very powerful. One advantage that Draw has over PowerPoint and Visio is that it can import a line drawing in .pdf format and render the drawing in terms of its basic components (e.g., lines, blocks, etc.). In contrast, PowerPoint and Visio paste a .pdf page as a screenshot/image file. In other words, you can edit .pdf line drawings in Draw; you can't using MS Office applications.

Calc is essentially an analog of MS Excel. It has all the functions I need. Writer has, for the most part, given me no problems reading or writing MS Word files. The occasional MS word file that has complex formatting might give some issues every now and then. I much prefer the equation editor rendering in Writer over that in MS Word. Even better, the equations rendered in Writer translate seamlessly into the corresponding equation format in MS Word.

Love the document recover feature in LibreOffice as well. If the program crashes, it recovers pretty much all the files you had open. I think it is implemented much better than in MS Office.

The biggest advantage of LibreOffice over MS Office is that it is.... FREE! Since I have moved from Windows to Linux, LibreOffice is a natural choice for me as an office suite. Overall, very happy with the software package. Let us all take a moment to applaud all those folks who work so hard to give us such amazing software packages at zero cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

To be honest, I've had more frustrating moments with MS Office than I have had with LibreOffice. In fact, I can't think of any issue I have with LibreOffice. Okay, for patent documents it has some issues with automatic numbering of paragraphs, and the occasional MS Word document gets rendered badly. Despite that, the compatibility with MS Office is commendable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You cannot beat the cost and LibreOffice can easily work with Microsoft Office files. It is easy to deploy on Windows and Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The layout and themes are very dated, but usable. The newest version looks better, but still has a long way to go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is free and cross-platform, as a Linux user that is a great advantage, it has an interface very similar to that of Office before the Ribbon interface (I think introduced in 2010), which I prefer over the new one and includes all the functions we used from Office in addition to compatibility with Open Document Format and Microsoft Office. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

LibreOffice Impress does not impress, creating presentations and slides is still the only thing I still use Office for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A free productivity suite that is able to read and write MS Office files - what's there not to like? Did I mention free? In terms on returns on investment, this software provides a figure of infinity. I remember the day I overwrote Windows 10 on my system with Linux. And I haven't looked back. I am very happy (liberated) after having ditched Windows. Hopefully for good.

Launches quick on Linux, love the document recovery feature. Way less annoying its MS counterpart. This software can read from and write to MS files (e.g., docx and pptx). What impresses me a lot is that Draw can read in a pdf line drawing and break it down into its individual components. Very impressive!

In general, this just works without any fuss. It has a very rich feature set, including an ability to track changes in Writer. I routinely send files to folks who use MS Word and have not yet received a single complaint from anyone regarding formatting issues. Another amazing feature is that Writer includes the ability to put in mathematical equations into a document. Personally, I prefer this much more to the MS Equation editor. Even better, equations created in Writer open up flawlessly for most part in MS Word.

The Draw component of LibreOffice is separate from Impress. The former is a Visio replacement, while Impress is a PowerPoint replacement. After working with MS products for drawing, Draw takes a bit of an adjustment to become familiar with. Features like the way objects snap into connection in MS Visio and PowerPoint work differently with Draw. However once you adjust to the differences, very little comes in the way of workflow.

Let us all give a standing ovation to all the folks who work tirelessly to make this software suite and provide us with ongoing updates to this great product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Can run slow on a Mac. If you are preparing patents, you may need to put in some work to make sure paragraph numbering is in an appropriate format. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A very good alternative to expensive Microsoft office packages. Shares most of the good points to the parent software "open office" that is more familiar. Runs very well on older machines compared to new MS office - which can be a boon to non-profits / small-business that often run older machines.

There is now a Impress (powerpoint) remote for phone app available - which is nice. However it only runs well if your wifi is good.

I like that it has both a x32 & x64 bit versions available. This allows it to run the best with which hardware it is implemented on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Like many open source alternatives, web searching will be your technical support (if needed). Now, to be fair, very rarely is there a need for technical support - it's word processing, spreadsheets, etc.

It might sound a little silly, but it's a large file for installation - (smaller than MS office though) so be aware if you're over a slow connection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the price, I like the full package and that it opens multiple file types. I haven't had any problem with bugs either, which I would expect from a free software package. The document editor is particularly good. It is very nice to be able to access my old files from when I had Microsoft products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When I try to do things that are a little fancier I run into trouble -- formatting tables (which I'm very particular about), formatting presentations -- the presentation mode is probably my least favorite, I'm considering going back to google for that now. It is not very intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The fact that Librecalc can handle data files with literally millions of datasets very good. It stays stable and runs smoothly even with many operations with the data. Other programs like this are using way more CPU power and are often crashing when working with such huge databases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As we all know, there are other office packages that do nearly the same. The compatibility when switching the file format could there for a little bit better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.